A Well-Nourished Pensacola Spine Heals Better

04/11/2017

Your health status and nutritional
status mirror each other. Factors like serum levels, weight and other issues determine
nutritional status. “ABCD” are factors taken into
account – Anthropomorphic status (weight/body), Biochemical
(blood tests), Clinical (how well the body functions work as checked by a
physician) and Dietary (what you eat). Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center can discover much about the nutritional status of a Pensacola
chiropractic patient during the first clinical Pensacola
chiropractic examination and establish a treatment plan to address any nutritional concerns that are uncovered especially in patients who may be at
risk for a back surgery or any other surgical intervention for that matter.
A good pre-surgical nutritional status will assist
Pensacola post-surgical healing and reduce
Pensacola post-back surgical problems.Good status also helps healing with non-surgical care!

One effective way to check your Pensacola
nutritional status is the serum albumin concentration. Researchers
discuss how nutritional status shares
postsurgical outcomes and healing. Specifically, hypoalbumin
levels – low levels under 3.5 g/dL – mark a
malnourished state and are predictive of post-surgical
recovery complication rates, especially for patients who undergo
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Patients who have low albumin concentrations
before surgery had higher rates of having any major
postoperative complication(s) like pulmonary, cardiac and reoperation as well
as longer stays in the hospital.(1) In one study, malnourished patients
accounted for 28% were found to be malnourished and more
likely to have a postoperative complication and a longer hospital stay (8.67
days instead of 3.8 days). 14.48% of these spine surgery patients were
re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Malnourished patients’
re-admission rate (27.5%) was three times that of nourished patients (9.52%). Pre-operative
nutritional status is an independent risk factor for re-admission after spine
surgery that can certainly be addressed before a
surgical intervention.(2) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center can coordinate
a Pensacola blood test to check your levels. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center considers statistics like this and sees how
important nutrition is for our Pensacola chiropractic patients’ health
and healing as well as their spine care. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is prepared
to help raise your nutritional status for optimum
healing preoperatively, postoperatively and back surgery-preventatively!

Lastly,
the nutritional status of spine surgery patients at an orthopedic hospital was gathered
using the Nutritional Risk Score 2002 at admission and discharge. Their nutritional status – nutritional risk,
malnutrition, overweight and obesity – and nutritional support at the hospital
after surgery play significant roles in patient recovery. 88%
of patients who had nutritional risk received
nutritional support while staying in the hospital. These
nutritional status factors changed: nutritional risk increased from 11.6% to
19.4%; malnutrition status increased from 12.7% to 20.6%; overweight status
decreased from 35.9% to 31.0%; and obesity status reduced from 7.41% to 5.79%.
Bottomline:the incidence of nutritional risk and malnutrition increased
significantly. That is not very good! (3)
While these stats may not seem good
for the hospital care, they did put the hospital on
notice to be more aware and ready to
help these patients who come in for surgical procedures with a known risk. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center searches for
ways to prevent Pensacola health issues by checking
for them early on!

Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center certainly
wants to help Pensacola back pain patients avoid
back surgery if possible, and Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is also good at assisting
our back pain patients attain good nutritional and physical
shape pre- and post-surgically as needed. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
is poised to work with Pensacola
back pain patients who want to get into good shape and keep surgery
at bay when possible. It’s not always
a simple path to a healthy nutritional status, but it’s a admirable one for your physical body’s
health and potential healing if surgery is called for as well as when a non-surgical healing approach is used.

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